It all started when the NC Democratic Party sent out a tweet Sunday acknowledging August 6, 2017 as the 52nd anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the landmark federal legislation that outlawed racial discrimination in voting. ...

According to Trump and excerpts from the proposed legislation, applicants will score more points if they are “wealthier applicants…English speakers” and are “skilled laborers” who can “financially support themselves” and have skills that "can contribute to our economy." ...

Although subtle, widespread racial disparities in officers’ language use may erode police-community relations, researchers warn. “…the many small differences in how they spoke with community members added up to pervasive racial disparities.” ...

I wonder about our “women’s coalitions” when majority women’s organizations, like the National Organization for Women, are silent for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Does it matter to them? Maybe not. It matters when they want to present a multiracial, multicultural “united front” at a Women’s March, but less so at other times. ...

Urges health care protection ‘by any means necessary’ ...

These findings are based on a nationwide database—which the researchers created—of state patrol stops. The database contains key details from millions of records collected from 2011 to 2015 and is part of an effort to statistically analyze police practices. ...

“As NOBLE convenes its 41st Annual Training Conference in Atlanta, it reminds the nation of one of the bedrock's of our democracy, equal protection under the law. All law enforcement officers play a critical role in determining the appropriate levels of use of force as they police communities across this nation,” Tarrant said. “As NOBLE continues its efforts to build one community (law enforcement is part o ...

“They’ve also been threatening for months to revive provisions of the 2013 Monster Voting Law, including a new photo ID bill that will target certain North Carolinians, harm eligible voters, and trigger more costly litigation.”--BOB HALL, Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina ...

"The kids continued to excel and represent themselves, Port City Track Club, the city of Wilmington and the State of North Carolina on a national level," said Coach Roderick Bell. ...

A three-judge US District court panel ruled Monday that the NC General Assembly had to redraw 28 of 170 legislative districts from the 2011 redistricting map because of racial gerrymandering. ...